tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post3295714575806152997..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: But They Were NOT Forced From the Marketplace!Mungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-62663766054977785412014-03-27T15:52:30.707-04:002014-03-27T15:52:30.707-04:00This was an excellent book on the demise of the au...This was an excellent book on the demise of the auto industry: Crash Course, by Paul Ingrassia.<br /><br /> http://amzn.com/0812980751ColoCommentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-81873736735199505042014-03-27T04:34:13.524-04:002014-03-27T04:34:13.524-04:00Nice read! Very informative. Did you know that P&a...Nice read! Very informative. Did you know that P&G, Unilever are beacons of purpose? Full story here: http://goo.gl/rIQbCV Storewars Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158088500801666670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-2744771116529202012014-03-26T13:32:14.478-04:002014-03-26T13:32:14.478-04:00I agree with all this but you can't deny the q...I agree with all this but you can't deny the quality of their automobiles in the last 5-7 years. Chevy, GM and Cadillac are all excellent autos, and Pontiac (which was forced to fold because of the bailout) had arguably the best cars on the road at the time of the crisis.<br /><br />The way the company is managed makes it deserving of a painful death, but their engineering and manufacturing and whatever/whomever does the actual work on the ground deserve better than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-251057493266841482014-03-26T08:27:12.411-04:002014-03-26T08:27:12.411-04:00"That illustrates a general rule: If a privat..."That illustrates a general rule: If a private enterprise is a failure, it closes down - unless it can get a government subsidy to keep it going; if a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. I challenge you to find an exception." - Milton Friedman, from the essay Why Government is the Problem<br />W.E. Heasleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368333904571061995noreply@blogger.com